Real People Review Movies for Reelz
Viewers Will Vote Off Three Webcam Critics Each Week
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Sprout Plants ‘Fifi’ on Linear Channel
Outlet Hopes U.S. Exclusive Will Help It Build Audience
FCC-Cable Battle May Have Legs
Dispute Could Affect Issues Facing Agency in Future
The Insider: No Opinions, Just Questions
Forget the residual deal points for a few minutes. Four weeks into the writers strike, The Insider has more (im)pertinent questions to kick around. Like: Who’da thunk NBC’s Carson Daly would have been the first late-nighter to go back to…
Everybody Can Watch ‘Chris’ Together
With an Emphasis on Funny yet Realistic Situations, CW Series Attracts Wide Audience
Q&A: No One Style of ‘Family’ Viewing
As senior vice president in charge of Turner Entertainment Networks’ Content Creation Group, Michael Wright is keenly aware of the need for family-friendly programming in today’s television landscape. The executive responsible for all original programming for TBS, TNT and Turner…
CNN’s Republican YouTube Debate Causes Controversy
CNN’s Republican YouTube debate last Wednesday was watched by an estimated 4.4 million viewers, more than any primary debate in cable news history, according to Turner analysis of fast national data from Nielsen Media Research. Add in a simulcast on…
QuickTakes: Do you think Fox’s upcoming lie-detector series ‘The Moment of Truth’ is going too far?
“It won’t help raise American SAT scores, but it’s certainly no cause for alarm. The invasion of other people’s privacy will always be a source of entertainment. It may not represent TV at its most high-minded, but I don’t think…
Editorial: Voice of the Public Enlivens Debates
The second CNN/YouTube presidential debate last week solidified a notion that we had in July when the first CNN/YouTube presidential debate was aired: This format delivers great television. A large part of the success is the debate’s primary conceit: Why…
Guest Commentary: There Are No Winners in Writers Strike PR War
So the Hollywood writers are winning the public relations war against the major media companies. As an actual Hollywood writer, upon hearing this vital and timely news of our psy-ops victory, I could not help but ask the question—so what?…